Comparison

Sungrade vs Ambient Time

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sungrade

Features
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Compare saved windows for modeled direct sun during a specific date and daytime block instead of relying only on annual averages. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open Compare and tap Sun schedule. 2. Choose a date, start and end hour, and whether to rank for more or less direct sun. 3. Compare the saved windows and share the time-block report. Saved windows, annual and seasonal comparisons, manual coordinates and plant reference tools remain available. WHAT TO KNOW Times use each window’s local clock and exclude the end hour. The five-minute vertical-window model uses saved facing direction and horizon obstructions. It does not measure indoor brightness, glare, heat, weather or plant growth. Glass and unsaved obstacles affect actual light. Zero modeled direct sun does not mean darkness. iPhone and iPad.

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Ambient Time

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Put time where it belongs: on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Mac, or the biggest display in the room. Ambient Time is a native collection of clocks and useful glances. Explore 47 ways to read the moment on iPhone and iPad—from precise word grids and binary displays to astronomy, weather, mathematics, and generative art. ONE HOME FOR EVERY SCREEN The destination-first control center organizes Widgets, Apple Watch, TV & Displays, Clocks, and Instruments. Browse what fits each surface, preview it live, and choose starting defaults without pretending to control system-owned placement. CLOCKS WITH A POINT OF VIEW • Word Clock spells out time in nine languages plus IPA. • Cosmic brings the sun, moon, horizon, and zodiac into one quiet astrolabe. • Tide follows local predictions and highlights the next high or low. • ASCII World Clock wraps global hours around a text-art globe. • Moon Track follows the live lunar phase. • About Time turns optimistic phrases into the hands of a clock. • Inkwell Ledger lets the day unfold as a handwritten journal. • Mandaza draws a generative clock that never repeats exactly. WIDGETS MADE FOR THEIR SPACE Ambient Time groups Home Screen clocks and information widgets by size, so every layout stays clear and useful. Because the Lock Screen already shows Apple's clock, Ambient Time adds context instead: moon phase, golden hour, rain, tides, and poetry in Inline, Circular, and Rectangular forms. A CALMER GLANCE ON APPLE WATCH Choose from six legible clocks in the Watch app. Add nine Smart Stack widgets and complications for tides, rain, forecasts, golden hour, moon phase, world moments, words, compliments, and poetry. MADE FOR THE ROOM—AND THE MAC Apple TV offers a remote-first gallery of Ambient clocks and fixed dashboards. Mac brings the same destination control center to the desktop, including fullscreen Ambient Mode, dashboards, and Desktop or Notification Center widgets. Five global color themes are available where a clock supports them. Weather, sun, moon, and tide features use coarse location only with permission. There are no accounts, ads, subscriptions, or purchases, and location is never used for tracking. Built natively in SwiftUI with Reduce Motion support. Made by Luke Steuber.

Screenshots

Sungrade3 screens
Ambient Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ambient Time at Free against Sungrade's $0.99. Ambient Time also leads on device support (5 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ambient Time is free to download; Sungrade costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sungrade ships an update every 4 days, Ambient Time every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Sungrade versus Ambient Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSungradeAmbient Time
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert CorbinLanguageCraft

In-app purchases

None

Sungrade

No in-app purchases

None

Ambient Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sungrade free?
Sungrade costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ambient Time free?
Ambient Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sungrade or Ambient Time have ads?
Neither Sungrade nor Ambient Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sungrade or Ambient Time?
Sungrade ships an update every 4 days, and Ambient Time every 6 days. Most recently, Sungrade was updated on October 18, 2026 and Ambient Time on October 3, 2026.

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